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Parental sex effects in bipolar affective disorder pedigrees.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1997
Donald J A, Salmon J A, Adams L J, Littlejohn T, Maher A, Mitchell P B, Schofield P R
Abstract excerpt
A combined linkage analysis was performed on chromosome 18 data and produced modest evidence in three of four data sets for linkage of a susceptibility locus for bipolar disorder to markers on chromosome 18p. All data sets showed a preponderance of females among affected individuals. When this was taken into account, no convincing evidence was obtained for excess transmission from mothers compared to fathers. In...
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